Gabalfa News

Local residents have backed the Gabalfa Focus Team's battle for more resident-only parking in streets around Clodien Avenue.

During the summer, Councillors Gareth Holden and Ed Bridges sent questionnaires to properties in nearby streets seeking residents' views on parking and rat-running around Clodien Avenue, Allensbank Primary School and other nearby streets.

Work was carried out last summer and earlier this year to improve facilities at the park. This saw the addition of a new Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) as well as extra seating and new play apparatus for younger children at the bottom end of the park.

The Gabalfa Lib Dem Focus Team have expressed their disappointed after controversial plans for 179 student flats on land at Talybont Gate were granted by the Welsh Labour Government.

The plans had initially been refused by Cardiff Council last year following a campaign by Cllr. Gareth Holden and Cllr. Ed Bridges, which included a petition being submitted on behalf of local residents. The petition highlighted residents' concerns about parking congestion in the streets around Cross Place and Parkfield Place, and also drew attention to the 'overbearing impact' of the proposed seven-storey block.

The votes have been counted and the result declared for Gabalfa ward in this year's local election - and the Gabalfa Lib Dem Focus Team wanted to let everyone know the result as soon as possible. The votes cast were as follows:

Whitchurch Road

The application would see some outbuildings at the site demolished and then the unit extended at front and back (up to three storeys). The end result would be a cafe unit, meeting room and function room on the ground floor and three apartments on the floors above.

The Gabalfa & Mynachdy Focus Team have reacted with anger and disappointment to news that controversial plans for 249 student flats on land behind Mynachdy Road have been approved.

The application had been considered in March, and Cardiff Council's Planning Committee had indicated that it would be rejected. The issue had been deferred for a month to allow the case for refusal to be set out, and it had been expected that the refusal of permission would be ratified on Wednesday.

Gabalfa campaigners, Gareth Holden and Ed Bridges, have been representing residents over two local licensing applications.

Gareth said: "There has been an application for an off-licence at the former sandwich shop at 147 Clodien Avenue, which would see it open until 9pm for most of the week. Meanwhile, there has also been an application by the Texaco garage on North Road to operate as an off-licence 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!"